Wednesday 3 October 2012

Are they real or fantasy?


Grundy's next exhibition includes large scale landscapes created using digital technologies. Canadian artist, Kelly Richardson, is a mutli-media installation artist who uses special effects on top of real film to create landscapes which are both recognisable and foreign to us.

Watch a video of Richardson's work



TWILIGHT AVENGER
Installation view: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
2008
photograph and HD video installation, 16:9
Photo credit: Colin Davison

These films are of part-real, part-unreal places like; rainforests, space and swamps. Filmed in exsisting locations, Richardson then inserts digital effects making you question your beliefs and activate your imagination.

This will be a visually stimulating exhibition for school children and a great activity to exercise their imaginations.

More information coming soon.
Exhibition opens on 20th Oct and closes on the 5th of Jan 2013.
Grundy Art Gallery - forthcoming exhibition